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The trillions of microbes living in the human gut are increasingly recognized as important partners in human health.

Eating foods with live microbes (such as prebiotics and probiotics) reduced the prevalence of frailty in older adults by 17.5% in people who ate a moderate amount and 22.1% in those with high intake, ...

As microbes invade the human body, phagocytic cells such as macrophages spring into action to clear the intruders. These cells extend arm-like projections and wrap them around the microbes before ...

You might also share various microscopic organisms residing on and in you. This community of microorganisms, which consists ...